Revisiting the stability of hexacenes

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2505-2508

  Mondal, Rajib ^a   Adhikari, Ravi M ^a   Shah, Bipin K ^a   Neckers, Douglas C ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547218895     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0709376     Document Type: Article

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